New drugs that target "zombie" tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

New research identifies key genes in "zombie" TB cells resistant to antibiotics, bringing new drugs one step closer.

The team also investigated how HIV co-infection impacts TB bacteria entering and infecting cells in the brain. Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium ...

New drugs that target ‘zombie’ tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of Surrey, published in Scientific Reports .

What we know, what we miss and why TB persists. In a lab in the heart of Boston, professor Bree Aldridge leads a team of researchers trying to understand a threat that is both microscopic in size and ...

Tuberculosis linked to contaminated bone graft material has killed one person and infected at least four others — the second TB outbreak involving Aziyo Biologics.

TB's behavior challenges fundamental bacterial biology as it's been thought that ribosomes - which are sites of protein synthesis in the cell - drive cell growth rates, but our work suggests that ...

Postdoctoral fellow Christin (Eun Seon) Chung at the School of Medicine, one of the paper’s first authors, spent three years in a specialized facility equipped to handle high-risk pathogens observing ...

Tuberculosis kills 1.6 million a year — the second deadliest infectious disease after COVID-19. Using immune cells and mRNA technology, scientists in South Africa are working on a new vaccine.

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